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H. H. SCHNEIDER. ROCKING ATTAGHMENT FOB. CHAIRS.

Patented May 15, 1883;

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY H. SCHNEIDER, ()F PORT CLlNTON, OHIO, 'ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDWILLIAM BERTSOH, OF SAME PLACE.

RQCKING ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,617, dated May 15,1883.

Application tiled January 26, 1883. (ModeL) To all whom it may concernBe it known thatI, HENRY HARRY SCHNEI- DER, of Port Clinton, in thecounty of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Y to therockers, and leg-levers pivoted to the legs and connected byconnecting-pieces with the rocking-levers, which leg-levers are providedat the outer ends with a hinged footboard, whereby if the person sittingon the chair presses down the foot-board and then releases the samealternately the chair will be rocked by the rocking-levers.

The invention further consists in a foot-rest formed of two leversunited by a cross piece and adapted to be held on theleg-levers,\vl1ereby a person can rest his feet on the said footrest inthe same manner as the feet are rested on the foot-rest of a harberschair.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of ret'erenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of a rocking-chair provided with myimproved rocking Fig. 2 is a plan view of the leglever and part of thecross-piece. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of theleg-lever, showing the end ot'the cross-piece. Fig. 4: is a longitudinalelevation of the leglever, showing the lower part of the foot-rest attached to the same. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the lower part ofthe hand-lever.

A rocker-lever, A, which is suitably curved, is pivoted on a pintle, a,attached to a plate, a, which is fastened in a suitable manner to therocker B, behind the rear leg. At its front or free end aconnecting-piece, U, is pivoted to the rocker-lever A, within a recessin the upper edge of the same, and the upper end ofthe saidconnecting-piece G is pivoted to a leg-1ever, D, which is pivoted onapintle, b, secured on a plate, b, which is fastened to a rear leg ofthe chair a short distance above the lower end of the same. The upperend of the connecting-piece C passes into a longitudinal slot in theleg-lever D, which leg-lever is provided with a series ot' apertures, d,for receiving the pintle passing through the upper end of theconnecting-piece U, thus permitting an adjustment of theconnecting-piece C, so that the distance between the rocker-levers A andthe leg-lever D can be increased or decreased. The pintle b can passthrough an aperture in the end of the leg-lever D or through anaperture,

e, a short distance from the end, according to i to which the pintlesfcan be passed for holding the extension-piece F between the platesforming the leg-lever 1), whereby the said GXm tension-piece can beprojected a greater or less distance from the end ot' theleg-lever. Likerocking-levers, leg-levers,extension and connecting pieces are held onboth sides of'the chair.

To the outer end of each extensioupiece F a small plate, G, is pivoted,the upper ends of which are bent inwardly and are secured to the undersurface of a foot-board, II, at the ends of the same, which foot-hoard Hthus unites the two pivoted plates G. When the foot-board H is swungdown the inner ends of the plates G strike against projecting-plates J,secured on the inner surface of the extension-pieces F, and thus preventthe foot-board from being swung down too far. On its lower surface thefoot-board is provided with an eye or staple, K, through which a hook,L, pivoted or otherwise held on the under surface of the seat of thechair at the front end of the same, can be passed for the purpose ofholding the said foot-piece raised when the same is not in use.

Two curved levers, M, are united at their upper ends by a cross-piece,N, and are provided at their lower ends on their inner surfaces withhooks h, projecting toward each other, between which hooks theleg-levers D can be passed, whereby the said levers M can be held on theleg-levers.

The operation is as follows: It' the person occupying the chair restshis feet on the footboard 11 and presses down on the same,=the outerends of the leg-levers D will be depressed, and as the fulerums of theleglevers D are the upper ends of the connecting-pieces (J, the rearends of the leg-levers D will be swung backward and the chair will berocked backward. Then, when the pressure on the foot-board H is removed,the weight of the person in the chair swings the chair forward again,and so on forward and back. The distance that the chair is swungcan beregulated bv pivoting the leg-lever D a greater or less distance fromits e'nd,and by pivoting the connecting-piece G to the leg-lever atdifferentplaces. By drawing out the extension-pieces F the leg-levers Dcan be lengthened more or less, and the foot-board H placed in theposition most convenient for the occupant of the chair. As thefoot-board H is pivoted to the chair, it converts the chair into a veryeonvenient easysehair, which can be adjusted to suit the personoccupying the same. If the chair is not to be rocked by the-occupant,but by another person, the foot-board H is swung up and is held in araised position by passing the hookL through the staple or eye K, asshown in Fig. 1. The chair can then berocked, not on the rocker-leversA, but on its rocker B, for by holding the foot-board H raised, asmentioned above, the rocker-levers A are removed trom the floor, and thechair can be moved about like any other rocking-chair. Theabove-described rocking device can easily be attached to any chair, asthe only parts to be attached to the chair are the plates to and b andthe hook L. If the foot-rest is to be attached, the leg-levers D arepassed between the books It, as shown in Fig. 4, and the feet can thenbe placed on the cross-piece N, if the feet are to be supported in thesame manner the rocker-levers A, pivoted to the rockers B, theleg-levers D, the connecting-pieces G, and the extension-pieces F,connected by a footboard, H, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a rocking-chair, of the rocker-levers A,pivoted to the rockers B, the leg-levers D, the connecting-pieces O, theextension-pieces F, the plates Gr, pivoted to the extension-pieces F,and the foot-board connecting the plates G, substantially as hereinshown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a rocking-chair, of the rocker-levers A,pivoted to the rockers B, the leg-levers D, the connecting-pieces O, theextension-pieces F, provided with projections or shoulders J, and of theplates G,constructed as described, pivoted to the extensionpieces F, andunited by the foot-board H, substantially as herein shown and described,and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a rocking-chair, of

the rocker-levers A, the connecting-pieces U,

and the leg-levers D, of the studs ff in the leg-levers, the forkedextension-pieces F, fitted between the plates forming the leg-levers D,and the forked pieces F being provided with recesses g in the inner edgeof the upper shank of the fork,and of a foot-board connecting theextension-pieces, substantially as herein shown and described, and forthe purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with a rocking chair, of the rocker-levers A,pivoted to the rockers.,the leglevers D, connected by a foot-board, H,and of the connectingrpieces O, pivoted to the rocker-levers A, andadjustably pivoted to the leg-levers I), substantially as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with arocking-chair, of the rocker-levers A, theconnecting-pieces G, the leg-leversD, the swinging foot-board H,provided with an eye or staple, K, and the hook L on the under side ofthe seat of the chair, substantially as herein shown and described, andfor the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with a rocking-chair, of the rocker-levers A, theleg-levers D, the connecting-pieces O, the plate a, provided with ICCthe pintle a, the plate b, provided with the pintle b, and thefoot-board H, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

HENRY HARRY SCHNEIDER. Witnesses:

MALooLM KELLY, A. W. COUROHAINS.

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